Port Jervis, Deerpark cops charge Milford man in burglaries

Wednesday

Apr 23, 2014 at 11:28 AMApr 23, 2014 at 11:29 AM

Port Jervis and Town of Deerpark police stopped a Milford, Pa., motorist Tuesday and charged him with burglary and heroin possession.

Following an investigation into a suspicious vehicle report that occurred in the Town of Deerpark, members of the Town of Deerpark Police Department and the City of Port Jervis Police Department stopped a vehicle operated by Joshua D. Wharton, 28, of Milford, Pa., while in the City of Port Jervis, according to a press release issued jointly by the Port Jervis and Deerpark police departments on Wednesday.

They said a call was received from the New Jersey State Police that a vehicle matching the description of the car Wharton was operating was wanted in connection with a burglary that had taken place earlier in New Jersey.

An investigation by both Deerpark and Port Jervis officers found that Wharton was involved in a burglary in the Town of Deerpark minutes before he was stopped, police said. They said stolen property from burglaries in the towns of Deerpark and Minisink, as well as New Jersey, was recovered. A quantity of heroin was also found in Wharton’s possession, police said.

Wharton was charged with burglary, possession of a controlled substance, and petty larceny. He was also charged with being a fugitive from justice for the burglary in New Jersey.

He was arraigned in Port Jervis City Court and remanded to the Orange County Jail without bail.

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